Goslar

historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Summary

Goslar is a large independent city of Lower Saxony[1]. Goslar draws 6,280 Wikipedia views per month (large independent city of lower saxony category, ranking #5 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Niedersächsischer Städtetag[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Goslar district[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Head of government: Urte Schwerdtner[6]
  • Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[7], district capital[8], Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Georgenberg[10], Hahndorf[11], Hahnenklee[12], Jerstedt[13], Ohlhof[14], Oker[15], Rammelsberg[16], Steinberg[17], Sudmerberg[18], Altstadt[19], Baßgeige[20], Jürgenohl[21], Immenrode[22], Lengde[23]
  • Twinned administrative body: Beroun[24], Brzeg[25], Arcachon[26], Windsor and Maidenhead[27]
  • Postal code: 38640[28], 38642[29], 38644[30]
  • Commons category: Goslar[31]
  • Licence plate code: GS[32], BRL[33], CLZ[34]
  • Said to be the same as: Goslar[35]
  • Local dialing code: 05321[36], 05325[37]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Goslar[38]
  • Coordinate location: 51.906003, 10.429163[39]
  • Significant event: siege[40]
  • Official website: https://www.goslar.de/[41]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Goslar[42]
  • Commons gallery: Goslar[43]
  • Population: 50,457[44], 50,782[45], 5480[46], 51,439[47], 51,128[48], 50,753[49], 50,010[50], 50,203[51], 50,253[52], 47,419[53], 47,454[54]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[55], Regesta Imperii[56], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[57]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Goslar include goslarite[58], a mineral species[59].

Why It Matters

Goslar has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Goslar is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Entities named for Goslar include goslarite[58], a mineral species[59].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+50457'}, {'amount': '+50782'}, {'amount': '+5480'} +8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6820
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 6820, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479010|GOSLAR (#167479010)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77958
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  4. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+50457'}, {'amount': '+50782'}, {'amount': '+5480'} +8
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  5. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0211584-Goslar-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0211584-Goslar-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Regesta Imperii, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +2
    Nomisma id → goslar
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Georgenberg, Hahndorf, Hahnenklee +15
    Instance of → large independent city of Lower Saxony, Hanseatic city, urban municipality in Germany +2
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 111763, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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